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H.S. roundup: Late goal rush lifts SBHS over Milton

Burlington
Published 11:05 p.m. ET Sept. 1, 2015

South Burlington’s Tenzin Choedak, right, and Milton's Elliot Hanna chase down the ball in South Burlington on Tuesday in high school boys soccer.GLENN RUSSELL/FREE PRESS

SOUTH BURLINGTON – A splurge of goals in the second half lifted South Burlington to a 4-2 win over Milton in a high school boys soccer season opener Tuesday afternoon.

The teams combined for five goals in an eight-minute span, including South Burlington sophomore Amerlin Nemaye’s hat-trick effort that gave the Rebels the margin needed for victory.

Trailing 1-0 at halftime, David Larrabee leveled the score with 22 minutes to go and then assisted Nemaye’s first strike a minute later.

Milton, however, answered 17 seconds later, with Colby Gay netting his second of two goals for the equalizer.

Nemaye then struck twice, the first for the go-ahead tally and then the latter with about 14 minutes left to seal the the win for the defending-champion Rebels.

Cam Goodrich assisted both of Gay’s goals and Alex Dooley made eight saves for the Yellowjackets. Tyler Ayers stopped two shots for SBHS.

•Burlington 4, U-32 0: Joel Atutor scored twice in less than 90 seconds early in the second half to propel Burlington to the win over host U-32.

Seraphin Iradukunda opened the scoring for the Seahorses (1-0) in the first half. Tumba Felekeni finished the scoring midway through the second half. Mohamud Hussein and Maenda Biefait Badibang notched assists.

Syd Mason also scored for the Gumbies (1-1), who got 15 saves from Sophie Rosen.

Ciara McClay struck in the final minute of the first half for the Commodores and Anya Sonwaldt turned away eight shots.

Field hockey

•Rice 3, Burlington 1: After a scoreless first half, Rice pocketed the first three goals after intermission to break free of host Burlington.

Erin Scott’s unassisted goal in the first minute of the second half cracked the deadlock. Clare Sheahan and Sierra Combs padded the lead for Rice (1-0), while Rachel Chicoine and Lisa McNamara added assists and Emily Ratchek made one save.

Thu Pham tallied on a feed from Fiona McSweeney to get the Seahorses on the board late in regulation. Goalkeeper Devin Libby stopped eight shots and Alex Dowett chipped in with a defensive save.